Energy and eMergy evaluation of bioethanol production from wheat in Henan Province, China

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3882-3892

  Dong, Xiaobin ^a   Ulgiati, Sergio ^b   Yan, Maochao ^c,d   Zhang, Xinshi ^a   Gao, Wangsheng ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Bioethanol; eMergy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENERGY POLICY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RAW MATERIALS;

BIOENERGY; BIOETHANOL; EMERGY; HENAN PROVINCE;

ETHANOL;

AGROINDUSTRY; BIOENERGY; EMERGY; ETHANOL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; HENAN; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 51349085786     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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